welcome mr samuels, to a whole new adventure!

We made it into town today. It was nice to see people again, so while Peter went to look for his friend (he told me to meet him in a diner nearby at noon), i went to the town square with Turbo and took in the new place. It's a bit quiet, like most out of the way towns are, but i've always liked that about them, like you could almost believe there was nothing there at all. I stopped in at a cafe for a coffee, and then dropped into a second hand bookshop (Albert Camus - The Stranger - $5!!!) before going to the diner to meet Peter and his friend.

Peter came in and his friend followed after him. Peter's friend looks very much like Peter - kind of dirty looking and with a scraggly sort of beard, but he wears an old looking suit that he might not have ever taken off ever. He looked at me suspiciously after shaking my hand then turned to Peter and said 'he looks like a muffin bot. Is he a muffin bot?' and Peter said 'he's not a muffin bot.' and his friend said 'Well he looks like a muffin bot!' and Peter said 'Well he ain't no muffin bot!' and his friend fired up and said 'I AIN'T TAKIN' NO MUFFIN BOT HOME!!' and Peter said 'HE AIN'T NO MUFFIN BOT!!! HE'S WITH US DAMMIT!'

Then there was a short pause as they stared each other down. Eventually, Peter's friend looked down at the ground and said 'i'm sorry Pete. It's hard.' and Peter said, 'I know, Roger, i know.' and Roger said 'you know i can't stand them muffin bots, and i gotta make sure, man, i just gotta,' and Peter said 'I know Roger, i know'

I am glad i did not order that muffin while i was waiting.

We walked back to Roger's house and Roger and Peter caught up on what was happening with them, which is to say that the Black Hand had joined forces with the Lightning Corps, so now the Corps couldn't be trusted, but they were hoping to sneak a man into the Lightning Corps so they could steal a map of the underground mag-lev train system which it seemed was under repair and therefore easier to break into. Also, Roger had taped the episodes of 'My Three Sons' that Peter had missed on his reconnaissance mission, which Peter was really glad for.

Roger's house was about a half an hours walk out of town. Roger said that he didn't like having cars too close because it gave the impression that people visited his house, and attention wasn't a good idea, what with all the new spy devices that were being used against the resistance. I asked if there were any good bars nearby where they played live music but they both kind of looked at me funny like i didn't get something so i figure i'll have to discover that stuff myself.

Roger still doesn't trust me, i don't think. It didn't help that at dinner i asked him if he liked basketball, and he turned to Peter and said, 'Is he a ninja spy?' and Peter was like 'he's no ninja spy,' and Roger said 'Because you know i can't have ninja spies here,' and Peter said 'Well that's ok because he's not a ninja spy,' and Roger said 'you better damn well make sure he ain't no ninja spy!' and Peter raised his voice a little 'He ain't no ninja spy!' and then Roger shouted 'WELL HE BETTER NOT BE!' and Peter replied 'WELL HE AIN'T HE'S WITH US DAMMIT!!!' and Roger shouted 'THEN HOW COME HE ASKED ABOUT THAT GOD DAMN BASKETBALL THEN?!?' and Peter shouted back 'BECAUSE HE DON'T KNOW NO BETTER THAN THAT!! JUST BECAUSE YOUR BEST FRIEND WAS A NINJA SPY DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE ELSE IS TOO!!!'

Dinner was a little awkward and quiet after that, until i said maybe we should watch some 'My Three Sons', which seemed to cheer everyone up a little.

Tomorrow i will explore the new town! Go Blake! Go!

Blake out.